appeals court
noun
law
: any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court
the 9th/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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The law is currently paused while a federal appeals court determines its legality.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Whatever the appeals court decides, the likelihood that this gets appealed to the US Supreme Court is very high.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
News of the bond comes a week after a New York appeals court reduced the amount Trump had to post as bond from nearly half a billion to $175 million – and gave him 10 days to post it.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
On March 20th of this year, the solicitor general of Texas claimed, before an appeals court, that SB-4 did not violate the precedent set by the majority in 2012, and should therefore go into immediate effect.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
In an April 2023 ruling, a federal appeals court sided with the restaurant association against Berkeley’s ordinance — ruling that the city could not preempt federal statutes in attempting to regulate the piping that carries natural gas into a building as a way to regulate the appliances themselves.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration and civil rights groups including the ACLU quickly appealed the decision further to the Supreme Court, who upheld the appeals court’s ruling and briefly allowed the law to go into effect on March 19.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
That decision dismissing the case, issued after the court heard oral arguments, leaves a 2023 Wisconsin appeals court ruling against Amazon in place.
—Scott Bauer, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court favored curbing distribution of the drug.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Whatever the appeals court decides, the likelihood that this gets appealed to the US Supreme Court is very high.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
News of the bond comes a week after a New York appeals court reduced the amount Trump had to post as bond from nearly half a billion to $175 million – and gave him 10 days to post it.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
On March 20th of this year, the solicitor general of Texas claimed, before an appeals court, that SB-4 did not violate the precedent set by the majority in 2012, and should therefore go into immediate effect.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
In an April 2023 ruling, a federal appeals court sided with the restaurant association against Berkeley’s ordinance — ruling that the city could not preempt federal statutes in attempting to regulate the piping that carries natural gas into a building as a way to regulate the appliances themselves.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration and civil rights groups including the ACLU quickly appealed the decision further to the Supreme Court, who upheld the appeals court’s ruling and briefly allowed the law to go into effect on March 19.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
That decision dismissing the case, issued after the court heard oral arguments, leaves a 2023 Wisconsin appeals court ruling against Amazon in place.
—Scott Bauer, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court favored curbing distribution of the drug.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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